Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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EDIT: An airline’s racial dress code

Flying used to be classy. Ask anyone over 50. They’ll tell you about how their mothers slicked down their hair, tucked their shirts in and shined their shoes before boarding Pan Am. Everyone aboard the plane dressed up like they were going to services or grandma’s birthday. Nowadays you are lucky to sit next to [...]

INTERROBANG

A scientist at Iran’s Centre for Strategic Inventions claims he has built a time machine. So we here at the ol’ Free Press decided to see when each college would go if BU got their hands on the schematics.  COM: Travel to the future to play with MegaTwitStaGramBook. CGS: Back in time when school wasn’t [...]

EDIT: Accidental Discrimination

The U.S. Army is taking criticism for a slideshow presentation to U.S. Army Reserve recruits. A dozen lawmakers have signed a letter demanding the Army to apologize for a statement listing religious extremist groups. In the presentation, a slide labeled, “Religious Extremism” understandably listed the Klu Klux Klan, Al Quaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood, but [...]

EDIT: Got to start budget cuts somewhere

While Americans brace themselves for the impact of sequester budget cuts, the capital is seeing slight cuts of its own. The budget for White House tours has been slashed and the Blue Angels have been grounded for six to seven months. Although those pilots will lose hundreds of paid flight hours, these cuts come at [...]

EDIT: No trespassing in a public domain

A new report has revealed that the Internal Revenue Service will be checking into individual Twitter and Facebook accounts to check for improprieties. By checking social media, the IRS will be able to evaluate people claiming large deductions or those marked as potential frauds. Not all citizens should expect a friend request from their neighborhood [...]